To see what updates are available for a mac, or to install a software update from the terminal of mac os x, amongst many other options including how to ignore particular updates, you’ll use the ‘softwareupdate’ command line tool as we’ll instruct below.. How to update apple os x using command line software update tool last updated october 26, 2015 in categories bash shell , mac os x , package management , unix h ow do i install software updates from the command line tool on my apple mac os x computer?. Apple released an update to mac os x today, upping the latest version to 10.4.6. reader adam writes in: i like running softwareupdate in the terminal so i don't get a popup that won't go away.
Just like it’s pretty gui counterpart, the command-line softwareupdate checks for updates to os x itself and other associated applications, installing them upon approval.. Macos sierra: software update using command-line tool command: $ sudo softwareupdate --list password: result: software update tool. Install software updates from the command line apr 18, 2007 - 4 comments we all know the familiar mac os x software update and app store updates panel, it pops up weekly to give us a nice gui interface to install all the latest updates to our apple software..
